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To: NickSE who wrote (96483)	4/26/2003 8:42:14 PM
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Suspect nuclear-related shipment to NKorea intercepted: report abc.net.au The German government has intercepted a shipment of German-made aluminium tubes probably destined for use in North Korea's nuclear programme, according to a German magazine. The weekly magazine Der Spiegel said in its issue due to be published on Monday that 22 tonnes of aluminium tubes, essential in the manufature of enriched uranium, were loaded onto a French ship in Hamburg in early April just as German federal vetoed the shipment. [cont'd...]

To: NickSE who wrote (96483)	4/26/2003 8:51:31 PM
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De Villepin's visit speaks a thousand words: daily irna.com Tehran, April 26, IRNA -- `Iran News' on Saturday focused on Thursday's visit to Iran of French Minister of Foreign Affairs Dominique de Villepin, the outspoken critic in the trio that oppposed the US-led war on Iraq. The swift conclusion of the war and the obvious defeat of the anti-war collision, speaks much of the motives behind the French foreign minister's visit. "One of the objectives of the de Villepin visit to the region is gaining support of Iran, Turkey and Jordan for future regional cooperation in the face of U.S. hegemony," pointed out the daily. [cont'd...]